BILL NUMBER: AB 2314	CHAPTERED  09/24/00

	CHAPTER   595
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 24, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 22, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 10, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 15, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ducheny
   (Coauthors: Senators Kelley and Peace)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2000

   An act to amend Section 53398.3 of the Government Code, relating
to infrastructure financing districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2314, Ducheny.  Infrastructure financing districts:  border
zone.
   Existing law authorizes counties and cities to create
infrastructure financing districts in accordance with a prescribed
procedure to finance public capital facilities, using a prescribed
procedure, in the border development zone in the Mexican border
region.
   This bill would specifically include public safety facilities as
public capital facilities that may be financed in this manner.  The
bill would also permit a district to finance the purchase of sewage
treatment capacity and provide that this capacity need not be
physically located within the boundaries of the district.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 53398.3 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   53398.3.  (a) A district may finance (1) the purchase,
construction, expansion, improvement, seismic retrofit, or
rehabilitation of any real or other tangible property with an
estimated useful life of 15 years or longer that satisfies the
requirements of subdivision (b), (2) the planning and design work
that is directly related to the purchase, construction, expansion, or
rehabilitation of that property, and (3) the costs described in
Sections 53398.5 and 53398.31.  A district may only finance the
purchase of facilities for which construction has been completed, as
determined by the legislative body.  The facilities need not be
physically located within the boundaries of the district.  A district
may not finance routine maintenance, repair work, or the costs of
ongoing operation or providing services of any kind.
   (b) The district shall finance only public capital facilities that
provide significant benefits to the area of the border development
zone, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Highways, interchanges, ramps and bridges, major and minor
arterial streets, major and minor collector streets, parking
facilities, and transit facilities.  Phased road widening projects
shall also be permitted.
   (2) Sewage collection, pumping, treatment and water reclamation
plants and interceptor pipes.
   (3) Facilities for the collection and treatment of water for urban
uses.
   (4) Flood control levees and dams, retention basins, and drainage
facilities.
   (5) Child care facilities.
   (6) Libraries.
   (7) Parks, recreational facilities, and open space.
   (8) Facilities for the transfer and disposal of solid waste,
including transfer stations and vehicles.
   (9) Public safety facilities.
   (c) Any district that constructs dwelling units shall set aside
not less than 20 percent of those units to increase and improve the
community's supply of low- and moderate-income housing available at
an affordable housing cost, as defined by Section 50052.5 of the
Health and Safety Code, to persons and families of low and moderate
income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (d) A district may also finance the purchase of sewage treatment
capacity that provides significant benefits to the area of the border
development zone.  The facility providing the sewage treatment
capacity need not be physically located within the boundaries of the
district.
